Matt Nokes

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: October 31, 1963 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 20th round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft from Patrick Henry HS (San Diego, CA).

High School: Patrick Henry HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: September 3, 1985 (Age 21-307d, 12,699th in MLB history)
vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1995 (Age 31-331d)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Arn Tellem • Previously: Steve Greenberg

Full Name: Matthew Dodge Nokes

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.8

AB

2735

H

695

HR

136

BA

.254

R

310

RBI

422

SB

OBP

.308

SLG

.441

OPS

.750

OPS+

106

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1981	17	SFG-min	Rk	44	159	146	14	33	6	2	0	13	0	0	11	23	.226	.289	.295	.584		43		2	0	0	0		GRF · PION
1982	18	SFG-min	A	82	269	247	19	53	12	0	3	23	1	2	15	44	.215	.267	.300	.567		74		3	3	1	1		CLI · MIDW
1983	19	SFG-min	A	125	498	429	62	138	26	6	14	82	0	0	60	92	.322	.410	.508	.918		218		6	0	3	5		FRE · CALL
1984	20	SFG-min	AA	97	340	308	32	89	19	2	11	61	0	2	30	34	.289	.350	.471	.821		145		0	0	2	0		SHV · TL
1985	21	SFG-min	AA	105	396	344	52	101	24	1	14	56	2	0	41	47	.294	.365	.491	.857		169		2	2	7	2		SHV · TL
1985	21	SFG	NL	19	55	53	3	11	2	0	2	5	0	0	1	9	.208	.236	.358	.595	68	19	2	1	0	0	0	2/H
1986	22	DET-min	AAA	125	466	428	55	122	25	4	10	71	2	0	30	41	.285	.337	.432	.769		185		5	0	3	6		NVL · AA
1986	22	DET	AL	7	25	24	2	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	.333	.360	.500	.860	132	12	1	0	0	0	1	/2
1987	23	DET	AL	135	508	461	69	133	14	2	32	87	2	1	35	70	.289	.345	.536	.880	133	247	13	6	3	3	2	*2HD/759	AS,MVP-24,RoY-3,SS
1988	24	DET	AL	122	425	382	53	96	18	0	16	53	0	1	34	58	.251	.313	.424	.737	109	162	11	1	6	2	3	*2H/D
1989	25	DET	AL	87	290	268	15	67	10	0	9	39	1	0	17	37	.250	.298	.388	.686	94	104	7	2	1	2	1	2DH
1990	26	TOT	AL	136	382	351	33	87	9	1	11	40	2	2	24	47	.248	.306	.373	.680	90	131	11	6	0	1	6	2DH/9
1990	26	DET	AL	44	118	111	12	30	5	1	3	8	0	0	4	14	.270	.305	.414	.719	99	46	5	2	0	1	3	D2/H
1990	26	NYY	AL	92	264	240	21	57	4	0	8	32	2	2	20	33	.238	.307	.354	.661	85	85	6	4	0	0	3	2DH/9
1991	27	NYY	AL	135	493	456	52	122	20	0	24	77	3	2	25	49	.268	.308	.469	.778	113	214	6	5	0	7	5	*2H/D
1992	28	NYY	AL	121	430	384	42	86	9	1	22	59	0	1	37	62	.224	.293	.424	.718	100	163	13	3	0	6	11	*2H
1993	29	NYY	AL	76	238	217	25	54	8	0	10	35	0	0	16	31	.249	.303	.424	.726	96	92	4	2	0	3	2	2DH
1994	30	NYY-min	AAA,AA	14	53	49	9	15	2	0	5	14	0	0	3	7	.306	.340	.653	.993		32	0	0	0	1	0		CLB,ALC · IL,EL
1994	30	NYY	AL	28	85	79	11	23	3	0	7	19	0	0	5	16	.291	.329	.595	.924	137	47	1	0	0	1	0	2/HD3
1995	31	COL-min	AAA	12	43	37	7	8	2	0	4	10	0	0	2	4	.216	.256	.595	.850		22	1	1	0	3	0		CSP · PCL
1995	31	TOT	MLB	36	66	60	5	8	2	0	2	6	0	0	5	15	.133	.197	.267	.464	17	16	3	0	0	1	1	2H/D
1995	31	BAL	AL	26	54	49	4	6	1	0	2	6	0	0	4	11	.122	.185	.265	.450	15	13	2	0	0	1	0	2H/D
1995	31	COL	NL	10	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.182	.250	.273	.523	25	3	1	0	0	0	1	/H2
11 Yrs				902	2997	2735	310	695	96	4	136	422	8	7	200	395	.254	.308	.441	.750	106	1207	72	26	10	26	32
162 Game Avg.				162	538	491	56	125	17	1	24	76	1	1	36	71	.254	.308	.441	.750	106	217	13	5	2	5	6

NYY (5 yrs)				452	1510	1376	151	342	44	1	71	222	5	5	103	191	.249	.304	.437	.741	103	601	30	14	0	17	21
DET (5 yrs)				395	1366	1246	151	334	48	3	61	189	3	2	91	180	.268	.322	.458	.780	115	571	37	11	10	8	10
COL (1 yr)				10	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.182	.250	.273	.523	25	3	1	0	0	0	1
SFG (1 yr)				19	55	53	3	11	2	0	2	5	0	0	1	9	.208	.236	.358	.595	68	19	2	1	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				26	54	49	4	6	1	0	2	6	0	0	4	11	.122	.185	.265	.450	15	13	2	0	0	1	0

AL (10 yrs)				873	2930	2671	306	682	93	4	134	417	8	7	198	382	.255	.310	.444	.754	107	1185	69	25	10	26	31
NL (2 yrs)				29	67	64	4	13	3	0	2	5	0	0	2	13	.203	.239	.344	.583	59	22	3	1	0	0	1

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